Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 182

FORMERLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 290

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SENTENCES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 4209(f), Title 11 of the Delaware Code, by inserting, after the first sentence ending in "court" and before the second sentence beginning with "Punishment," new text, to read:

"The trial court shall permit one adult member of the immediate family of the victim, as defined in § 4350(c) of this Title, or his or her designee, to witness the execution of a sentence of death pursuant to the rules of the court, if the family provides reasonable notice of its desire to be so represented."

Section 2. This Act shall be effective ninety days after enactment.

Approved July 10, 1995